Dream Lover

Year: 1986

Runtime: 104 mins

Language: English

Director: Alan J. Pakula

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After being violently attacked in her apartment, Cathy finds herself repeatedly re‑experiencing the assault in vivid dreams. Desperate for answers, she enrolls in a sleep‑disorder research program, only to discover the investigators are conducting unsettling experiments that blur the line between therapy and manipulation, pulling her deeper into a nightmarish reality.

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